Barry S. C. Leadbeater is a retired Reader in Protistology at the University of Birmingham. His academic research interests include: ultrastructure, physiology and ecology of algae and protozoa, whereas his biotechnological research interests include: algae and water quality; physiology of algal/protistan biofilms and biological aspects of water treatment processes. He has authored and co-authored over 80 papers, edited five books and, presently, he is a monitoring editor of the journal Protist.
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Preface 1. Historical perspectives 2. The collared flagellate: functional morphology and ultrastructure 3. Craspedida: choanoflagellates with exclusively organic coverings 4. Loricate choanoflagellates: Acanthoecida 5. Loricate choanoflagellates: requirement for silicon and its deposition in costal strips 6. Loricate choanoflagellates: Acanthoecidae - nudiform species 7. Loricate choanoflagellates: Stephanoecidae - tectiform species 8. Loricate choanoflagellates: evolutionary relationship between the nudiform and tectiform conditions 9. Choanoflagellate ecology 10. Choanoflagellate phylogeny: evolution of metazoan multicellularity Glossary Figure credits References Index.
